African-German Experience

Critical Essays

Inbunden, Engelska, 1996

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Beskrivning

A collection of critical and theoretical essays that seek to take an in-depth look at the socio-political and historical roots of the African-German presence in today's Germany. The essays examine the African Germans and otherness, with vivid descriptions of personal accounts and observations as well as rich information about Germany's colonial history and about being black in Germany through the pre- and post-World War II era. The volume also provides personal accounts of transitional changes in African-German daily life. German racism is an everyday occurrence in the lives of African Germans, and this volume reveals how they cope with this harsh reality.Perhaps, with the exception of the old Soviet Union, no European nation has undergone the dramatic changes to its political and social landscape as has Germany. Yet few people realize how these changes have impacted on the lives of African Germans, a population of African-descended people who have lived in Germany for at least two centuries. This volume of critical essays on the African German experience seeks to establish the position culturally, politically, and socially, of the African Germans in the larger context of the historic changes that have taken place in German society.Drawing upon the analyses of some of the most significant and outstanding scholars in the field, the collection discovers the hidden history of African Germans. As such it will be of interest to scholars and researchers of modern Germany, race relations, and Black studies.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:1996-12-30
Mått:156 x 235 x 16 mm
Vikt:340 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:152
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN:9780275950798

Utforska kategorier

Kulturvetenskap inom Samhälle och politik
Etnicitet inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

CAROL AISHA BLACKSHIRE-BELAY is professor and chair of the Department of Africana Studies at Indiana State University. Her work centers on the impact of Africa on German culture and vice versa, as well as the emergence of Ebonics, Afrocentric language analysis, African-German relations, African/African American History, and African Diaspora Studies. She is the author or editor of nine books including Language and Liteerature in the African American Imagination (Greenwood, 1992), The German Mosaic (Greenwood, 1993), and The Image of Africa in German Society. She also serves as the director of the International African-German Network. Dr. Blackshire-Belay is widely recognized as one of the leading experts on historical and contemporary issues facing African-descended people in contemporary western European society.

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction: Critical Essays on the African German Experience by Carol Aisha Blackshire-BelayAfrican Germans and the Problem of Cultural Location by Molefi Kete AsanteBlack Germans and Their Compatriots by Marilyn SephocleFrom Toxi to TV: Multiculturalism and the Changing Images of Black Germans by Francine JobateyInventing Self: Parallels in the African German and African American Experience by Leroy HopkinsAfrican Germans in the Third Reich by Susann SamplesAfrican German/African American--Dialogue or Dialectic?: Reflections on an Intercultural Dynamic by Tina CamptHistorical Revelations: The International Scope of African Germans Today and Beyond by Carol Aisha Blackshire-BelaySuggestions for Further ReadingIndex